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Re: hearing vs speaking.

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From: Matthew Wright
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:00
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philo@athena.mit.edu (philo) writes:

>in my wave mechanics class, we had an accoustics researcher come in as a guest
>lecturer once. One of the things that he said was that a spectrum analysis of the
>speach right near the ear of the listener did not agree with the spectrum of the
>sound as it left the mouth of the person who is talking. However, the fourrier
>components agreed to a large degree.

>Does any one have a better understanding of this concept that I do? I think
>this could be a very interesting question.

He may have been referring to near-field components of the source which would 
not radiate as efficiently or he may have meant to emphasise the fact
the power spectrum contains no phase information. Or something else?

Matthew Wright
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research
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